Again (A)I will build you, and you shall be rebuilt,
O virgin of Israel!
You shall again be adorned with your (B)tambourines,
And shall go forth in the dances of those who rejoice.
(C)You shall yet plant vines on the mountains of Samaria;
The planters shall plant and [a]eat them as ordinary food.
For there shall be a day
When the watchmen will cry on Mount Ephraim,
(D)‘Arise, and let us go up to Zion,
To the Lord our God.’ ”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 31:5 Lit. treat them as common

I will build you up again,
    and you, Virgin(A) Israel, will be rebuilt.(B)
Again you will take up your timbrels(C)
    and go out to dance(D) with the joyful.(E)
Again you will plant(F) vineyards
    on the hills of Samaria;(G)
the farmers will plant them
    and enjoy their fruit.(H)
There will be a day when watchmen(I) cry out
    on the hills of Ephraim,
‘Come, let us go up to Zion,
    to the Lord our God.’”(J)

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